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Altair is a residential and commercial development under construction in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The building has a 68-floor vertical tower and 63 floor leaning or sloping tower . [ 4 ] At 240.0 m (787 ft), the building will be one of the tallest buildings in Colombo when it is completed.
The first governor, Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, was the son of British Prime Minister Frederick North (2nd Earl of Guilford). [2] The house was planned by the governor himself, the building was later known as 'The Doric' due to the architectural design of the columns which was similar to the Ancient Greek Doric order style.
Atapattu Walawwa is a large colonial era manor house situated at 35 Lower Dickson Road, Walawwatta, Galle, Sri Lanka. [1] The walawwa was constructed by Mudaliyar Don Bastian Gooneratne in 1742. [2] The two-storey 743 m 2 (8,000 sq ft) building is located within a 0.6 ha (1.5 acres) garden, approximately 0.5 km (0.31 mi) from the centre of Galle.
Ariyalai (Tamil: அரியாலை, romanized: Ariyālai; Sinhala: අරියාලෙයි Ariyāleyi) is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. [2] The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census.
Gurunagar, also spelled as Kurunagar derives its words from Kuru and Nagar (Urban centre in Tamil). [6] The word Kuru is a clans name used by the Karaiyars also known as Kurukulam, who make up majority of Gurunagar.
Port City Colombo is located in the metropolis of Colombo, Sri Lanka, which is positioned within South Asian trade routes. The master-planned city is to be constructed between the southern edge of the new Colombo South Port and the Fort Lighthouse. The total area of sea to be reclaimed is 269 ha (660 acres). [1] [2]
The province is the most diverse in Sri Lanka, both ethnically and religiously. The population of the province, like that of the Northern Province, was heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. [26] Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the ...